واجر غلماني في واسط

واجر غلماني في واسط

جوعٌ وكانوا لا يرامونا

جوعٌ وكانوا لا يرامونا

And my boys in Wasit were hired out

My servants wander in Wasit

by hunger, though once they were beyond reach.

Hungry, though we didn't wish them ill,

جادوا بما كنت ضنيناً به

جادوا بما كنت ضنيناً به

فاتسعوا مما يناكونا

فاتسعوا مما يناكونا

They gave freely what I had jealously guarded,

Gave them what little we could spare,

so they grew wider from being fucked.

Yet they took more than their fill.

لو أنّ رزقي مثلُ أدبارهم

لو أنّ رزقي مثلُ أدبارهم

كنت من الإثراء قارونا

كنت من الإثراء قارونا

Were my income as wide as their backsides,

If what I own matched their greed,

I would have been a Qarun in wealth.

I'd be as wealthy as Korah.